Unit 1 & 2 Flashcards
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Cash Account
Basic investment account. Fed’s Regulation T requires customer to pay in full no later than two days for securities purchased.
The following can ONLY be cash accounts: IRAs and other personal retirement accounts, 401K and other corporate retirement accounts, custodial accounts - Uniform Transfer to Minors Act (UTMA) account, Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA)
Margin Account
Investment account where the broker dealer lends money to the client to buy securities. Greater risk because borrowed money must be repaid. Leverage is beneficial when security’s price is moving up but can result in larger losses if the price goes down. Customers must meet minimum requirements to open a margin account.
fee-based account
Charges a single fee (fixed or percentage of assets in then account). Appropriate for investors who engage in moderate activity. Investors must be given a disclosure doc before opening this account. Reduces risk of churning.
margin
the minimum amount of equity an investor must deposit to buy securities. % of current MV
commission-based chargers
Investors pay per trade. Appropriate for low activity
churning
excessive trades to generate commissions and benefit the broker
reverse churning
broker moves low activity clients to fixed fee accounts
wrap-fee accounts
for firms that provide additional advisory services (asset allocation, portfolio management, execution, administration. Single fee account, typically a % of assets managed. Firms offering these typically are require to register as investment advisers in addition to broker dealers.
prime brokerage account
customer/institution has a primer broker (PB) who provides custody, trading and other services (lending, margin financing, trade processing, cash management, ops support) while executing brokers (EB) execute trades. PB and customer enter written agreements as does the prime broker and the EB. PB provides trade confirmations and account statements. EB is responsible for compliance of trading rules. Advantage - centralizes master account with multiple brokers, able to net margin requirements, better for active traders.
prime brokerage account
customer/institution has a primer broker (PB) who provides custody, trading and other services (lending, margin financing, trade processing, cash management, ops support) while executing brokers (EB) execute trades. PB and customer enter written agreements as does the prime broker and the EB. PB provides trade confirmations and account statements. EB is responsible for compliance of trading rules. Advantage - centralizes master account with multiple brokers, able to net margin requirements, better for active traders.
DVP; RVP
Delivery vs. Payment; Receipt vs. Payment. Agreement typically for institutional accounts where payment for bought securities is made to the seller’s agent and/or delivery of securities is made to the buyer’s agent in exchange for payment at time of settlement. Cash on delivery settlement
Day trader
buys and sells on same day. Members must provide a risk disclosure, approve the account for day trading.
Pattern day trader
someone who executes 4+ day trades in a 5 BD time period. Min equity requirement = 25,000
individual account
one owner who controls the investments and can request distributions of cash or securities. Suitability is based off that individual.
joint account
2+ adults are co-owners with some control of the account. must sign joint account agreement in addition to new account forms. Requires signature of all owners and check made out to all names. Owners are called tenants. must have suitability info for all tenants. Suitability based on group not individual. Must put client interests first
JTWROS
Joint tenants with rights of survivorship. dead tenant’s interests transfer to surviving tenant. Common for spouses. Equal ownership. Checks and distributions must be payable/endorsed to/by all parties. Can be TOD
TIC
Tenants in Common. Dead tenants fractional share goes to the tenants estate. Common for non-married family members/friends. Ownership can be unequal.Checks and distributions must be payable/endorsed to/by all parties. Cannot be TOD
TIC
Tenants in Common. Dead tenants fractional share goes to the tenants estate. Common for non-married family members/friends. Ownership can be unequal.
community property
differs state to state. Joint ownership of property acquires during marriage is assumed for married couples and would be divided in certain states. some states include rights of survivorship. Property acquired before marriage isn’t joint and there is an exemption for inherited property and gifts
custodial accounts
1 owner but 2 names on account. Custodian and beneficial owner. Custodian can: buy/sell securities and other assets, exercise rights/warrants, liquidate, hold, trade securities; can use to support minor but not costs associated with raising a child. A minor is not a legal person. Parents have no control unless they are custodian. Donor can act as custodian. Irrevocable. minor can be beneficiary on more than 1 account and custodian can serve as custodian on more than 1 account as long as each only benefits 1 minor. Cash accounts only. Minor can sue custodian.
UGMA
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act. Adopted by the Uniform Law Commission in 1956. Gifts of money and securities to minors. Limited to cash (bank deposits), stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other securities and insurance policies. Was widely replaced with UTMA in 1986. Only 1 state still has UGMA
UTMA
Uniform Transfer to Minors Act. Adopted by the Uniform Law Commission in 1986. More flexible - expands the types of property you can transfer to a minor.Although there are a few states that allow the custodial property to remain in an UTMA account until the minor reaches age 25, more than half of the states set the age of majority for UTMA at 21 instead of 18.
TOD
Transfer on Death. Upon pass all or some to 1 or more beneficiaries. no specific legal docs are needed. Beneficiary % can change. Avoids probate but not estate tax.
Sole proprietorship
Like individual account. gains or losses are that of the individual.